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Some believe that new technologies such as cell phones and Facebook are bringing people closer together, but they are also creating privacy issues and concernsPhoto: Rob Campbell -Flickr

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The Growing Popularity of Facebook has caused several privacy concerns, which are often overlooked by its millions of users Photo: Marco Paköeningrat – Flickr

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In December 2009 Facebook changed its settings to make some data public by requirement and some by default Photo: Mcdordor2001 - Flickr

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This can be potentially problematic for people who may have nothing to hide but prefer that all of their information be kept privatePhoto: Jorge Ramírez - Flickr

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In August 2009 five plaintiffs filed a civil lawsuit against Facebook claiming that the site violates consumer privacy laws in California. The complaint accused the site of violating the law by disclosing private information to third parties for commercial use (Musil). Photo: Charlotte Road - Flickr

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An Investigation by Canada’s privacy commissioner in July 2009 revealed that Facebook is unconcerned with its users privacy and should do more to protect their privacy.

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A major concern expressed by the commissioner was that it is unclear how members can delete their accounts rather then deactivate them. This means that Facebook could keep user data for an unknown amount of time which violates Canadian privacy laws

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Although there are several privacy concerns surrounding Facebook it has not stopped several million users from keeping their accounts active Facebook continues to grow in popularity and constantly gains new users

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Introducing newsfeed in 2006 led to major member backlash. However, in the last five years the majority of people have come to accept the newsfeed and the number of Facebook users continues to grow. Image: cbhdesign -Flickr

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41% of people aged 8-17 have their profile privacy settings set to the default setting Photo –Megan Brown –Flickr